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B-274317 1 (1996-12-02)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptaelk0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Comptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision Matter of: Hentzen Coatings, Inc. File: B-274317 Date: December 2, 1996 William E. Hughes III, Esq., Whyte, Hirschboeck, Dudek, for the protester. M. Sherman Drew, Jr., Niles Chemical Paint Co., Inc., an intervenor. Emily Hewitt, Esq., and Elizabeth L. Kruger, Esq., General Services Administration, for the agency. Peter A. Jannicelli, Esq., and Michael R. Golden, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Award of a contract to the offeror of the higher-priced proposal was proper where: (1) the request for proposals indicated that proposals would be evaluated on two factors--delivery and price--and that delivery was more important than price; and (2) the contracting officer reasonably determined that it was worth spending additional money to obtain the entire quantity of urgently required camouflage coating kits faster under the awardee's accelerated delivery schedule. DECISION Hentzen Coatings, Inc. protests the General Services Administration's (GSA) award of a contract for waterborne polyurethane camouflage coating kits to Niles Chemical Paint Co. pursuant to request for proposals (RFP) No. TFTP-96-DS-2000.1 The protester contends that a proper evaluation of proposals would have resulted in award of the contract to Hentzen on the basis of its lowest-priced proposal. We deny the protest. Issued on July 12, 1996, the RFP solicited offers for supplying 16,400 waterborne polyurethane camouflage kits.2 Each kit consists of two separate components that 1GSA has an agreement with the Department of Defense under which GSA procures the coating material for use by the Marine Corps. 2Citing the unusual and compelling urgency exception to the general requirement for full and open competition, 41 U.S.C. § 253(c)(2), GSA issued the RFP to four prospective offerors only. 532122

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